- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 21 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in response to the Action Plan produced by the Scottish White Fish Processing Action Group on 12 February 2001.
Answer
I announced on 8 March that £1 million will be made available to the processing industry to implement recommendations made in the Scottish Fish Processors' Working Group report. Detailed responses to the various recommendations will be provided to the group, and subsequently lodged in the Parliamentary Information Centre, as soon as possible.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 21 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to safeguard the long-term future of the fish processing industry.
Answer
I announced on 8 March that £1 million will be made available to the processing industry to implement recommendations made in the Scottish Fish Processors' Working Group report. Detailed responses to the various recommendations will be provided to the group, and subsequently lodged in the Parliamentary Information Centre, as soon as possible.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 21 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what immediate financial assistance will be given to the fish processing industry in view of the impact of the cod recovery plan.
Answer
I announced on 8 March that £1 million will be made available to the processing industry to implement recommendations made in the Scottish Fish Processors' Working Group report. Detailed responses to the various recommendations will be provided to the group, and subsequently lodged in the Parliamentary Information Centre, as soon as possible.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 21 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being taken to assist the Arbroath fish processing industry.
Answer
We have budgeted for more than £25 million in aid for fish processing and marketing under our 2000-06 FIFG programmes. In addition to this, some £18 million has been made available to processors throughout Scotland to assist capital investments in facilities and plant and equipment. One fish processor in Arbroath has so far applied for and been awarded £36,000 assistance and a further two applications requesting £14,000 assistance are presently under consideration.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 20 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the recommended bed occupancy level is for hospitals and what the average bed occupancy level currently is.
Answer
There is no recommended bed occupancy level for NHSScotland. It is for health boards, working with NHS Trusts and other partners, to determine the number of hospital beds required to meet assessed need in their respective areas, taking account of local circumstances.Detailed information on bed occupancy rates, by specialty, is published in Scottish Health Statistics. The latest edition, which was published on 14 February, is available on the Internet at http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/isd/Scottish_Health_Statistics/SHS2000/M4.pdf.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 20 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many operations were cancelled before the day of admission in each of the last five years and how many of these were cancelled because the patient's medical condition stopped the operation going ahead.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-13250.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 20 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS patients had their operations cancelled for non-medical reasons on the day of admission in each of the last five years.
Answer
Information on the number of operations cancelled by NHSScotland is not available centrally. Details of cancellations of planned admissions to hospitals are collected centrally and published annually in Scottish Health Statistics, which is available on the Internet and in the Parliaments Reference Centre. The latest edition is Bib. no. 6937.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 20 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any relationship between a high hospital bed occupancy level and the risk of cancelling elective admissions.
Answer
Bed occupancy and the cancellation of elective admissions are both influenced by factors which are not necessarily related. For example, there are a number of reasons why elective admissions may be cancelled, such as the illness of key members of staff.It is for health boards, working with NHS Trusts and other partners, to determine the number of hospital beds required to meet assessed need in their respective areas, taking account of local circumstances.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 9 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that local authorities have a strong voice on the new NHS Boards referred to in Our National Health; a plan for action, a plan for change.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-13146 on 20 February 2001.
- Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths result from hospital-acquired infections each year, what proportion of the total number of cases of hospital-acquired infections this represents and what the total annual cost to the NHSiS is of dealing with hospital-acquired infections.
Answer
Information about deaths resulting from hospital-acquired infections (HAI) is not available, as HAI is not a notifiable cause of death.
A broad estimate of the incidence, impact and cost of HAI in Scotland, prepared by the Health Department in 1999, suggested that there might be approximately 69,000 cases annually in Scottish hospitals.
This work also indicated that a central estimate of the annual cost of HAI to the NHS would be approximately £21.6 million; and that the cost of avoidable HAI cases would be approximately £3.9 million. These estimates, which are subject to substantial uncertainty, do not include the healthcare costs of treating HAI cases outside hospitals, or costs incurred outside the health service.More information about the incidence and costs of HAI is expected to become available from the planned national surveillance system, once it is introduced.
